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The H.E.S.S. View of the Central 200 Parsecs

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The inner few hundred parsecs of our galaxy provide a laboratory for the study of the production and propagation of energetic particles. Very-high-energy gamma-rays provide an effective probe of these processes and, especially when combined with data from other wave-bands, gamma-rays observations are a powerful diagnostic tool. Within this central region, data from the H.E.S.S. instrument have revealed three discrete sources of very-high-energy gamma-rays and diffuse emission correlated with the distribution of molecular material. Here I provide an overview of these recent results from H.E.S.S.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0607351,
  title  = {The H.E.S.S. View of the Central 200 Parsecs},
  author = {Jim Hinton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0607351},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Proceedings of the Galactic Centre Workshop 2006